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The end of an era? While global conglomerates as GE, J&J, and Toshiba may breakup, new forms of conglomerates evolve

Download PDF Introduction Every course of Management or Business Administration covers organizational structure, simply because it is the cornerstone of every company. Some firms are very specialized and have well-established chains of command, therefore do not require an elaborate system of structures. Others have so complex and expansive activities that Read more…

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Private Equity and leverage: How PE firms use mezzanine capital for higher returns and accept the danger of over-indebtedness

Download PDF Introduction A leveraged buyout is the acquisition of a company, either privately or publicly held, using borrowed funds to pay for the purchase price of the company. The main actor of a leveraged buyout transaction is a private equity firm or group of private equity firms, which will Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago

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Big News for Newspapers – an outlook on a challenged industry

Download PDF Introduction The first newspaper – a printed, dated, frequently published sheet containing news – was published in 1605 in Germany. In the following years many European countries started publishing newspapers with the first one written in English published in 1620 in Amsterdam. In the United States the first Read more…

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The Latest Drop in the fashion industry: VF buys Supreme for $ 2.1bn

Download PDF V.F. Corporation – (VFC:BYSE) – market cap as of 20th November 2020: $33.1bn Supreme – privately owned company Introduction VF Corp., which owns brands including Dickies, The North Face, Vans, and Timberland, is buying Supreme, the streetwear fashion brand, directly from its founder James Jebbia and two private Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago

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Inspire Brands eats Dunkin’ for breakfast in a $11.3 bn deal

Download PDF Inspire Brands – privately owned by Roark Capital Group Dunkin’ Brands Group (DNKN:NASDAQ) – market cap as of 13th November 2020: $8.7bn Introduction On the 30th of October 2020, Inspire Brands announced its commitment to acquire Dunkin’ Brands Group, one of the few franchising companies focused on coffee Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago

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Rise of the Specialists: a new wave in the European Telco M&A landscape

Download PDF The Telco Business The importance of the telecom industry has been brought to light in recent months as the global pandemic forced millions to work from home resulting in huge increases in reliance on mobile phone networks and broadband. The telecommunication sector, as a whole, can be Read more…

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Crushing the competition: EQT shares surge 25% in one of the most successful private equity listings of the decade

EQT AB [STO:EQT] – Market Cap as of 04/10/2019 SEK 83.58bn (USD 8.49bn) Introduction On Tuesday, September 24th 2019, the Swedish group EQT— the second largest Private Equity group in Europe — listed on the Stockholm Nasdaq in what was the biggest Private Equity listing of the past decade and Read more…

By BSIC, 3 years3 years ago

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The peak of Private Equity?

Introduction The private equity industry has always had a special place in the financial world. Its competitive and dynamic nature has captivated the most talented businessmen, but what really allowed it to grow steadily over the past 40 years was the outstanding performance it granted to the investors willing to Read more…

By BSIC, 3 years3 years ago

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The PE energy game: Carlyle Group purchases a stake in Spanish oil giant Cepsa

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) – market cap as of 08/04/2019: USD 6.34bn Introduction On April 8, 2019, the US PE giant Carlyle announced its decision to acquire up to 40% of the capital of the Spanish multinational Cepsa from the sovereign fund of the United Arab Emirates Mubadala for up Read more…

By BSIC, 4 years4 years ago

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Private Equity surfs the new debt wave

Private Equity Industry Overview Private equity is like home flipping, but with large corporations instead of dilapidated houses from the 1970’s. Only rather than having profits in the tens of thousands, it’s in the tens of millions. The private equity industry, pioneered in the 1970’s by the likes of KKR Read more…

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Private Equity 101: From Venture Capital to LBOs

Below you can find the presentation that Bocconi Students Investment Club delivered to Bocconi community on the 23rd of April 2018. Download as PDF

By BSIC, 5 years5 years ago

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Throwback to the 80s: the Melrose £8.1bn hostile takeover of GKN

Melrose Industries plc [LON:MRO] – market cap as of 13/04/2018: £4.36bn GKN plc [LON:GKN] – market cap as of 13/04/2018 £7.76bn Introduction On March 29, 2018, “Project Golf” (as the bid was called internally) got pushed to the last hole, when the turnaround specialist Melrose received acceptance from the British Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago

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How Fast is Fast Enough? Advent International to acquire tech components manufacturer Laird for £1.2bn.

Laird plc (LON: LRD) – market cap as of 09/03/18: £979.8 m Introduction On March 1, 2018, Advent International announced it will acquire the UK electronic components producer Laird plc for £1.2bn, or £2/share. The deal marks yet another conquest for private equity firms in search for viable targets to Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years5 years ago

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Thomson Reuters making the headlines as Blackstone acquires its Financial and Risk unit

The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: USD41.1bn Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSX:TRI) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: CAD35.8bn Introduction On January 30, 2018, Thomson Reuters announced the agreement to sell a 55% stake in its Financial and Risk unit to the US private equity firm Read more…

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Transaction cleared: consolidation trend in the Payments Processing sector

Introduction The payment processing industry has witnessed sincere interest from strategic and financial investors. Low barriers to entry have enabled newcomers to quickly establish themselves and net high valuation multiples. As a result, the sector is currently highly fragmented and presents good consolidation opportunities. What do we mean by Payment Read more…

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